VW Touareg & Tiguan

[Wrangeld]

12 minutes ago, Sidshk said:

What about Maintenance and repairs, is it going make dig my pocket ?  

In short, yes. Unless it's still under warranty.

German cars are excellent and well built and then they go wrong and the parts are not only more challenging to find (because there are not a lot of them sitting in the scrap yards if you want second hand) but expensive. My experience is from both here and Europe and it's the same experience. They are usually rock solid cars even out of warranty, but the saying is possibly truer for VW and Mercedes that 'the most expensive ...(insert model) is a cheap one', because once they start to go wrong, it's a money pit. 

Having said all that, I still love the Touareg

[Frederic]

31 minutes ago, Sidshk said:

What about Maintenance and repairs, is it going make dig my pocket ?  

That depends on the condition of the vehicle that you’re buying. German parts are obviously a bit more expensive than the Japanese ones, and it may sound rude what I’m about to say but if you’re planning on buying a luxury SUV you should be prepared to shell out more than a budget commuter car type of vehicle. 

[desertdude]

2 hours ago, Sidshk said:

What about Maintenance and repairs, is it going make dig my pocket ?  

Well I'm going to put out an anecdotal experience out here. A friend has a company car which is a Touareg and they bought it new. Now it's has around 250k kms on it. And in all that time nothing serious has gone wrong with the car. 

Regular repairs have been expensive because since the company pays for it he gives it one of those flashy German cars specialists garages in Al Qouz.

The engine and tranny have never conked out on it or needed anything really AFAIK he is still on all original ancillaries even like water pump, alternators, steering pump etc etc.

The interior has had some minor issues like the dashboard won't stay closed anymore and cloth from the door cars is coming out. 

Someone dinged him in the back once and ever since his reversing sensors have worked properly.

Once his driveshaft coupling gave way and that's about the biggest thing that has gone wrong on it I can think off